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Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir looks on during a meeting with former South African President and head of African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) Thabo Mbeki (unseen) in Khartoum on September 10, 2014. (AFP Photo/Ashraf Shazly)

Opinion: The Losing Equation for Sudan

by Osman Mirghani | May 28, 2015 | Opinion

Next week, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir will be inaugurated for a new term in office after lukewarm elections that failed to attract public attention or secure a high turnout of voters who preferred to stay at home knowing that the result was a forgone...

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People stand in front of a poster in Tunis showing President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali on the eve of the 16th anniversary of his accession to power, November 6, 2003. (Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty Images)

Opinion: Tunisia’s little black book scandal

by Diana Moukalled | Dec 25, 2013 | Opinion

The Tunisian presidency did not hold up for long. Only weeks after publishing the “black book,” a list of journalists and media organizations who were complicit in supporting former president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali and his regime, the current presidency announced it...

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Sudanese Information Minister Ahmed Bilal Osman speaks during a joint press conference with the chief of Sudan’s intelligence service Mohammed Atta (unseen) in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on June 9, 2013. (AFP/Ashraf Shazly)

Sudan’s Information Minister: The View from Khartoum

by Ahmed Younis | Jun 27, 2013 | Interviews

Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sudanese Information Minister, Ahmad Bilal Osman, emphasized that his government will not negotiate with the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement-North, adding that Khartoum does not recognize this group. In a broad-ranging interview...